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" It is near six inches in length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, the former being about half an inch, and the latter two inches and a half. "
A History of the Earth and Animated Nature - Page 121
1810
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 43

1781 - 754 pages
...аз big as the •*- Blackbird, and in lhape very much like it. It is in length, when full grown, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, nine inches, of which the bill is one and a quarter, and the tail three inches long ; and, when in...
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A Natural History of English Song-birds, and Such of the Foreign as are ...

Eleazar Albin - 1759 - 160 pages
...five the other, being of an oblong Figure : It weighed thirteen Ounces : The Bird itfelf is in Length, from the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail, eleven, of which the Bill is one Inch, and the Tail four Inches long. Of the Young, how to order them,...
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A Description of Three Hundred Animals,: Viz. Beasts, Birds, Fishes ...

Thomas Boreman - 1769 - 110 pages
...with a Circle of brown, or dark red. 1 8. THE CUCKOW is about the Bignefs of a Magpie ; its Length, from the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail, being above 12 Inches; the upper Chap of the Bill fomewhat hooked, and longer than the lower, for the...
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The Lady's Magazine, Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex ..., Volume 35

1804 - 844 pages
...MACCAW. THE green maccaw is much smaller than the two former species, and also much rarer. Its length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is about sixteen inches. The body, both above and below, is green, which appears like shining gold,...
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A Modern System of Natural History: Containing Accurate ..., Volume 7

Samuel Ward - 1775 - 414 pages
...yellow-hammer is about the fize of a chaffinch, or rather larger. It is fix inches and an half in length,, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, and weighs- about ten drams. The bill is of a dufley kue, and the crown of the head ©fa pale yellow ;...
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A Modern System of Natural History: Containing Accurate ..., Volume 5

Samuel Ward - 1775 - 402 pages
...the former in colour and fhape, but is considerably Imaller, and hardly weighs an ounce. Its length from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is only fix inches, and its breadth, when the wings are extended, is eleven inches. The forehead is...
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The Young Gentleman and Lady's Philosophy: In a Continued Survey ..., Volume 3

Benjamin Martin - 1782 - 456 pages
...tad Omen, and are always found in defolate, lonefome, jnoonfh Grounds. — The Bittern is in Length from the Tip of the Bill to the End of the Tail, about thirty Inches — the Legs are long and bare of Feathers above the Knee.— It's Colour is a...
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London Magazine Enlarged and Improved, Volume 33

1764 - 804 pages
...Turkey-cock in England. 4. The l'n A T-rr • E« of Carolina, is about fix inches aud a half in length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. The bill .1 ihort, a litle arched on the top of the upper mandible, and of ablackilh colour ; and round...
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Vivarium Naturæ Or the Naturalist's Miscellany. ...

George Shaw - 1790 - 308 pages
...life by Monf. Poivre, and have caufed it to be engraved. It is about thefize of a turkey, and meafures from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail two feet one N 2 inch inch and fix lines, and to the ends of the toes twd feet one inch. The bill meafures...
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An Easy Introduction to the Arts and Sciences:: Being a Short, But ...

Richard Turner - 1792 - 296 pages
...fwan. THE ^. What kind of a bird is the cuckow ? A. It is about the bignefs of a magpie; its length, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, being above twelve inches. The throat, bread, and belly are white. The feathers of the head are of...
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